The latest WhatsApp beta available on TestFlight brings back message animations on iOS, this time with a setting that lets users turn them off. Here are the details.

Message animations coming back to WhatsApp

As spotted by WABetaInfo , WhatsApp is working to bring back message animations on iOS.

The news comes a week after the same setting rolled out in WhatsApp’s Android beta, and it adds Messages as an option that can be turned on or off in Settings > Chats > Animations , alongside switches for Emoji, Stickers, and GIFs.

Image: WABetaInfo

From WABetaInfo :

WhatsApp removed this animation from the iOS app in a previous update. Since then, messages have appeared without any effect at all. Finally, WhatsApp is now reintroducing message animations on iOS, but with a different style and a dedicated setting this time. We discovered the news after installing the latest WhatsApp beta for iOS 26.24.10.70 update, which is available on TestFlight.…